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feed grass said:I did a herd tour, not more than a month ago in MO-- a place that gets spoke of on here time to time, and has really begun getting their peice of the pie in the last 2 or 3 years in terms of selling bulls...
and I quote; 'Oops, I shouldn't have brought you down to this corner of the pasture- there lies our last cow who was delivering a backwards calf. B/c of the distance from any corner of the pasture to the corral, and the lack of a chute in every corral- we don't worry about those cows that are having trouble calving-- if they can't do it-- we'd just as soon shoot the cow as opposed to pull that calf... but then again- I'm sure you have seen dead cows before" and on went the tour.
This is not the only case of such an incident-- this is just the only case of a incident that anyone on here would recognize the producer's name. I bet less than 10% of the cattle people in the county I grew up in- have ever heard of a c-section- let alone thought of doing one. I think last time i checked- that county ranked in the top 10 in our state for number of cattle.
Maybe the great show folk of steerplanet need to wake up and realize the cattle industry isn't all pampering and roses and doing 'what's right'. The cost of a lead slug is far cheaper and easier than that of a vet call, c-Section, or the time it's going to take to round that wild ass cow up from a 200 acre pasture. So what if you can't sell her- it's going to be forever before the weight loss from stress, stitches, and withdrawl times- heal up and clear away anyways. To most people, it's about profit-- and dollars and cents.
THIS IS WHAT I LOVE. WHEN YOU ARE BACKED IN A CORNER AND MADE TO LOOK LIKE AN ASS ITS "THOSE SHOW FOLK" WELL TAKE A LITTLE READ BELOW
What size of panty hose do you wear? control top or .....because by the list of post below you seem to answer all the "show calf" questions as if you are a resource and have show cattle. Yes, I get bored in airports and kill time doing cool stuff like this.
As evidence by
1- Steer Planet Chat / The Big Show / Re: Weaning Show Calves on: April 10, 2012, 08:14:26 AM
Jody
yes 2 weeks of age.
So you wean your show calves at 2 weeks really YOUR show calves
2- Steer Planet Chat / The Big Show / Re: Rodgers' vs. Lautner's vs. Trausch's - Best Yearling Bulls Poll
on: April 10, 2012, 06:16:57 PM
Quote from: Zach on April 10, 2012, 05:37:48 PM
Jody
From the looks of it, It's all RCC.
How many of lautners bulls are never heard of again after Denver because they put out 15 a year? Seems like 5 or so would be ideal for promotion and would actually warrant heavier use.
would you say "it's goal is to be a monopoly" and cover every base...
maybe it takes that many to truly find a good one?
Look at Roger's-- one of his 6 is dead already-- and hasn't even been mated to a cow yet
So you are reading the blogs for show cattle ?
3- Steer Planet Chat / The Big Show / Re: BIM vs. Walks Alone...
on: April 08, 2012, 06:29:02 PM
Jody
how odd that 2 crossed up, clubby.. full brothers-- breed so differently.
And how would you know? YOu don't breed show cattle. You are a survivalist and don't associate with show cattle people. So how valid is your assessment?
4-Steer Planet Chat / The Big Show / Re: Breeding Suggestions for this Sim/Angus cow?
Jody
You must have not been in the game very long if you think WMW is known for his heifers... It just happens that he's the only one that can produce a heifer-- and her be valuable. in his prime time-- he was no different than heatwave=-= steers, steers, steers... then all of a sudden, he made some killer heifer somewhere (likely hte wagonhammer harrietta cow), and wam bam--- he started getting bred to maternal cows for heifers-- that's the only difference.
I suspect that when the HW semen starts getting rare-- we'll all be seeing where he's siring all these great daughters as well-- give it 5 or 8 years
Here once again, resource on breeding Who Made Who and Heat Wave? Those for certain are show cattle genetics. You don't do "show cattle".
so which is it Jody you have show cattle or not. When you are in trouble and WRONG screw show cattle but you seem to offer SOOOO much advice on show cattle genetics and know absolutely NOTHING about them.